Chapter 14, Problem 10DQ

Give and explain three different methods that today's Social Security uses to redistribute income (in this case, redistribution of income among people born the same year and living for the same life span). Within each of your three methods, create a brief example that shows how the money changes hands. In addition, with each of these three different redistribution methods, also evaluate if this method is in violation of the Samaritan's dilemma., an original guideline important to F D Roosevelt, at the time that the program was created by his administration.

How would a decrease in Social Security benefitsto retired persons affect the economy?

How does providing subprime mortgages relate to ethics, social responsibility and to the concept of Triple Bottom Line theory?